Um, this WAS the appeal...next step, en banc hearing, assuming DC appeals the appelate court ruling.
If they don't, DC gun law just went out the window.
Not sure what that means, yet.
I should have been more specific. What I meant, was that this will not be appealed to the supreme Court.
See US v. Dalton and US v. Rock Island Armory for two examples where FedGov was slapped down hard on the second amendment and did not appeal so it would not be a nationwide precident. Both cases essentially invalidated the 1934, 1968, and 1986 Gun Control Acts.